Specialized Technologies Resources ~ FaST Audit Tool for Security Audits

LOS ANGELESSpecialized Technologies Resources (SRT) introduced its FaST audit tool for Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) security audits. Security audits are recommended for companies that wish to become C-TPAT certified. Since C-TPATs inception in 2002, STR Responsible Sourcing has completed over 12,000 security audits and worked with thousands of large and small companies in meeting C-TPAT standards. STR Responsible Sourcing is an approved Third-Party C-TPAT Validator and has a 100 percent approval record in assisting companies in obtaining their C-TPAT certification.

The FaST audit tool provides companies with easy-to-read gradings, graphic representations of historical data and comparisons to countrywide and worldwide benchmarks and an extensive narrative to provide more specific data and feedback. The results are stored electronically so clients can easily track global C-TPAT compliance reports on their factories. FaST provides all of this information in a compliance format that aligns with the most recent United States Customs and Border Protection C-TPAT recommendations. 

As a leading worldwide provider of C-TPAT security audits, we wanted to create a new tool that would give clients a better and faster way to access important data from their security audits," said Nicholas Allen, manager of supply chain security and brand protection, STR Responsible Sourcing. FaST was designed to give companies a quick, easy to understand, graphic interpretation of critical data they need to know at a glance. In addition, we continue to include our unique in-depth narratives, which provide clients with a more nuanced view of what the auditors saw at the factory."

STR Responsible Sourcing offers a full range of C-TPAT supply chain security services that include helping clients apply for C-TPAT certification, conducting security vulnerability assessments at factories, assessing and validating suppliers, providing security training and education and developing factory/warehouse security programs.